March 1, 2009

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Earning a third victory over an Ivy League school, the Boston University women's tennis team swept Columbia, 7-0, on Sunday afternoon at the Dick Savitt Tennis Center. Winning every single game, the Terriers improve to 7-1, while the Lions fall to 3-5.

In singles action, three Terriers had clean 6-0 set victories, with Stefanie Nunic giving up the fewest games at No. 2 during a 6-1, 6-0 win over Nicole Stanziola. Elizabeth Corrao defeated Natalia Christenson, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 5, while Yana Sadovskaya (BU) beat Linnae Goswami, 6-0, 6-2 in the No. 6 contest.

Earlier, the Terriers won 24 of 30 games during the three doubles contests to earn the point en route to the sweep.

BU has a week off before traveling to Boca Raton, Fla. to face James Madison on Monday, March 9. The Terriers will be in South Florida for the entire week.

Boston University - 7, Columbia - 0

Singles
1. Francine Whu (BU) def. Natasha Makarova (CU), 6-1, 6-4
2. Stefanie Nunic (BU) def. Nicole Stanziola (CU), 6-1, 6-0
3. Petra Santini (BU) def. Eliza Matache (CU), 6-4, 6-2
4. Cori Lefkowith (BU) def. Nina Suda (CU), 6-3, 6-1
5. Elizabeth Corrao (BU) def. Natalia Christenson (CU), 6-0, 6-2
6. Yana Sadovskaya (BU) def. Linnae Goswami (CU) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles
1. Whu/Nunic (BU) def. Makarova/Zilberman (CU), 8-3
2. Corrao/Santini (BU) def. Suda/Goswami (CU), 8-2
3. Lefkowith / Danielle Abraham (BU) def. Christenson/Matache (CU), 8-1